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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [95r] (194/820)
The record is made up of 1 volume (396 folios). It was created in 1910. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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DEH- DEH
173
districts is at this point. There is a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and a station for post
horses here.—(Lozano.)
DEH-I-SAR-I-ZIH—
A village in Khorasan, 45 miles from Meshed, on the road to Darreh
Gaz.— (Napier.)
DEH-I-SEH EARSANG—
A village in Khorasan, midway between Bijistanand Unast, on the road
to Turbat-i-Haidari. It is situated in a plain covered with wild rue, pop
pies and camel-grass ; and there is a gap in the mountains just above the
village, said to be a Turkoman route.—(itozano.)
DEH-I-SHAHI—
A village containing 40 families between Nishapur and Qadamgah.—
(H. M. Temple.)
DEHISHK (No. 1)—
A village 19 miles north-west of Meshed and north-west of Tus. It be
longs to the shrine of Meshed and was given by Nadir Shah.— (Schindler.)
DEHISHK (No. 2) or DIHUSHK— Lat. 33° 54' 0"; Long. 58° 48' 0".—
(St. John \ MacGregor.)
A small village in the Dasht-i-Piaz huluk of Khorasan on the road
between Kaln and Kakh, a few miles to the west of the road to Girimanj,
picturesquely situated in a glen among the mountains. It is built in two
portions, which are connected by cultivation which covers the whole area
of the valley about one mile in width, extending for about 4 miles in length.
There are numbers of fine poplar trees here, and many mulberry trees.
The village contains two or three superior houses belonging to the official s
of the sub-division, but all the rest are of the domed shape usual in this
part of the country.— (Bellew ; MacGregor.)
DEH-I-SIQ—
A village in Khorasan, 1| miles from Shahrud, on the road to Turshiz-
There are gardens here.— (Taylor.)
DEH-I-SUNANDEH—
A village of Chinaran in Kurdish Khorasan, 5| miles north-north-west
of Radkan, on the road to Darreh G&z—(Napier.)
DEH-I-SURKH—
A village in Khorasan, half a mile from Shaiifabad and 21 miles frbm
Meshed. It is called Deh-i-Surkh, the red village, on account of the sur
rounding hills which have a bright brick-red colour, consisting of red
marl of the gypsum formation. It is the Qariat-ul-Hamra (the red
village) of Arab authors, and belongs to the Bivazhan district. It has
about 20 houses.— (Schindler .)
DEH-I-YADIS— "
A village in Northern Khorasan, 8 miles from Kaleh Yusuf Khan, on the
road from Darreh Gaz to Meshed.—(Yaper.)
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The item is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).
The volume covers the provinces of Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustam, and Khorasan, or such part of them as lies within the following boundaries: on the north the Russo-Persian boundary; on the east the Perso-Afghan boundary; on the south and south-west, a line drawn from the Afghan boundary west through Gazik to Birjand, and the road from Birjand to Kirman, and from Kirman to Yazd; and on the west the road from Yazd to Damghan and thence to Ashraf.
The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
The volume contains an index map (from a later edition of the Gazetteer of Persia ), dated January 1917, on folio 397.
The volume also contains a glossary (folios 393-394); and note on weights and measures (folios 394v-395).
Prepared by the General Staff Headquarters, India.
Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 398; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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